Microsoft Is Enabling Alaska To Reduce Car Deaths On Icy Roads

Around eight years ago, when he was still a station foreman at Alaska’s department of transportation, Dan Schacher noticed that winter temperatures began fluctuating between very cold and the kind of cold that causes a mixture of rain and snow to hit freezing concrete and turn into ice.
March 1, 2018 Auto Liability Alaska

Delta Sued By Port Authority Over Skid At LaGuardia Airport

Delta Air Lines Inc was sued on Tuesday by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for damage caused when a jet skidded off a runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport during a March 5, 2015, snowstorm.
February 28, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Litigation New York

Senator Schumer Calls For Higher Truck Safety Standards Following Fatal Pileup

Tractor trailer safety standards are under the microscope after a massive pileup on the Thruway left an Elba man dead in January. U.S. Senator Charles Schumer is calling for trucks to be equipped with "underride guards" to help protect drivers and passengers on roads.
February 27, 2018 Auto Legislation & Regulation Liability

Gun Owners Insurance Policies Thin Out Following Florida Shootings

The Florida shootings may make it more challenging to purchase gun owners insurance. Both Metlife and Chubb have made decisions to sever their relationships with the National Rifle Association.
February 27, 2018 Liability

Nebraska Emergency Rooms Busy With Ice-Related Injuries

With all the freezing rain, sleet and snow in the Metro, It’s been a busy week for area emergency rooms treating patients for injuries related to ice and falls.
February 26, 2018 Auto Liability Life & Health Nebraska

Driver Injured After Ramming Into Brooklyn Storefront

One person was rushed to the hospital Saturday afternoon after an SUV slammed into a store in Brooklyn. Authorities say it happened around 2:30 p.m. at the Bargainland Discount Center near the corner of Fulton Street and Throop Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
February 26, 2018 Auto Liability New York

The Ride-Hailing Reality

Unlike traditional taxi companies, almost anyone can drive for a ride-hailing service. A driver simply needs a car and a smartphone. Uber, the largest ride-hailing provider, is available in 84 countries worldwide, averaging 40 million rides per month.
February 23, 2018 Auto Fraud Liability Litigation

Man Drives Into Connecticut Hospital ER Entryway, Lights Himself Up

After a man drove a car into the emergency department of Middlesex Hospital on Thursday, other hospitals across the state are taking safety precautions. Police said Steven Ellam intentionally drove a car into Middlesex Hospital, and then lit himself on fire.
February 23, 2018 Liability Property Connecticut

Swingers Club Sued In Aftermath Of Fatal Drunken-Driving Crash

Broward’s most famous swingers club has been sued in connection with a crash in which a 54-year-old woman who allegedly spent the night at the partner-swapping sex club plowed into another car. Her two passengers were killed.
February 22, 2018 Liability Litigation Florida

Texas Auto Fatalities Increased In 2017

According to information from the Texas Department of Transportation, more than 3,700 people were killed on Texas roadways last year marking a 10% increase in traffic deaths from the previous year. Traffic fatalities have continued to rise every year since 2010 marking a 34% increase in traffic deaths in the past seven years.
February 21, 2018 Auto Liability Texas

Insurance Coverage For The Big Screen

The movie industry is buzzing with excitement and speculation ahead of the 90th Oscars Academy Awards ceremony taking place on March 04. Will The Shape of Water rule the roost, or will Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri continue its winning streak after swooping five accolades at The BAFTAs?
February 21, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Property Workers' Compensation

Hot Tar Spill On Jersey Highway Entraps Commuters

Dozens of drivers got into a sticky situation early Tuesday morning when a tanker spilled liquid asphalt onto a stretch of a major highway in South Jersey.
February 21, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability New Jersey

How Internet Of Things Will Change Product Liability

Product liability could look very different in the future once the Internet of Things (IoT) connects a variety of insured household and business products, Clyde and Co. litigator Prachi Shah told Canadian Underwriter Friday.
February 20, 2018 Liability Subrogation

Semi-Trailer Collision With Philly Commuter Bus Injures 16

A SEPTA bus collided with a tractor-trailer in the Frankford section of Philadelphia, sending more than a dozen people to the hospital.
February 20, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Pennsylvania

Truck Crosses Into Oncoming Traffic, Killing Five On California Freeway

At least five people were killed in fiery crash involving a truck that barreled through the center divider in Rialto, which shut down both sides of the 10 Freeway.
February 20, 2018 Auto Excess & Surplus Lines Liability California
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